Joely Fisher Quotes
I was up until all hours of the night, listening to stories, meeting great old comedians.
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The war we have to wage today has only one goal and that is to make the world safe for diversity.
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I don't like to say anything good. I feel like I'll jinx myself.
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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My dad is extremely successful, so I've seen the money and luxury growing up. I'm nowhere close to his stature.
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A big thing that gets people in trouble in the kitchen is not reading the recipe from start to finish before you cook it. Before you start anything, read through the entire recipe once.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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I wasn't completely comfortable in the footy culture because I wasn't that comfortable in my own skin, which I am now. I'd fit in better now, but I don't miss the training and the injuries you get playing footy.
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My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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Growing up, my mother was a very strong woman who was not very big, about 5'1'', but boy, you grabbed a tiger by the tail if you messed with her. I know grown men that messed with her, and through her wit and intelligence and her no-quit, she never lost a fight. That's very influential on me when I'm telling stories. I love exploring that.
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So I saw many planets, and they looked just a little bit brighter than they do from Earth.
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Not knowing the thing that's chasing you is a lot scarier than seeing it right in front of you.
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We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals.
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Skateboarding was everything to us growing up. It changes the way you see the world: you spend all day looking for ditches.
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Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.
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I don't get far enough into a boring book to hate it.
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On certain, delicate subjects, bringing in outsiders to talk about values is pertinent because pupils listen to them more attentively.
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Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.
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What point was there in pursuing an ever-elusive popularity?
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It is our enemies who provide us with the challenge we need to develop the qualities of tolerance, patience and compassion.
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I'm young, and I'm a girl, so, when I post something, I want to see what people are saying or what they think of my photos. I've found it better if you don't read anything and you just always stay off that track.
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That the government's power under the Taft-Hartley Act to stop a strike by injunction so clearly strengthens the hand of the employer-even though it is used only when a strike threatens the national health, welfare, or safety-is a grave blemish and explains much of union resistance to the Act.
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My father died of brain cancer in 1991. I do not know anyone whose life has not been touched by the loss of a loved one to cancer. I wrote my book 'Gracefully Gone' about my father's fight and my struggle growing up with an ill parent. I wrote it to help others know they are not alone in this all-too-often insurmountable war against cancer.
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I was up until all hours of the night, listening to stories, meeting great old comedians.
